Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-28
THIRD EDITION.


city, but pfoDAbly the N DIST extensive
dor,oulturist in the city. II is an after. A
Moons work 20 thu ough his nine large
green house%, bu. withal it 10 pleasure
to those who love the beautiful In ma
ture.
Mr.. Bush resides at the corner OF |
Clay ton and Beech streets, Que Of the |
most elevated and romantic sections OF |
the city. The view from that point out |
over the Delaware river, part OF Now |
jersey and way off down toward Della. |
ware City 10 one Of the grapdest imaRi
nsbie.
The grounds around Mr.. Bush's resi-
deuce are bsstudded with forest oaks |
interming!ed with woldbines and |
honey buckles, with here and there |
magnolias in full bloom, filing the |
bnlmy spring air with the most en-
chanting fragrance. /
But 1t is Mr.. Bush's greenhouses of
which we would more particularly
speak. There are nine of them, three
OF which are 80 feet long, and ak of
them 1l6 feet in length. They ere in
charge of Henry Hannah, one OF the
most expeIieu oed English gardeners In
the country.
He has been N Mr.. Bush's employ
over 16 years, which long term OF ser.
vice Is alone guarantee OF his tfi
cheney. He 10 not only q fioriculturist
but o raiser of hot house fruit and veRe.
tables. His success in raising toma-
toes, beers, grapes and other fruit
Is remarkable.
Meeting Mr.. Hannam ! our visit yes
terdsy afternoon, We were escorted by
him first to greenhouse No. l, devoted
to the triple purpose of raising toms
tos, flowers and mushrooms. The
houses are bell. Of frame with very
steep roofs, adapted TO the climbing OF
tomato vines 30 the apex.
All aion2 the sides OF the roof tomato
vines were Gin biDg upwards, support
ed by depending wires, while from the
vines hung clusters OF splendid, juicy.
red tomatoes and Others not yet tinged
with red. 4 beautiful sight this was.
Mr.. Hannam is row growing his second
crop tince las. November. He whole
sales his tomatoes 20 one Arm in Phila
. delphia for IS cents per pound. The
readers of the REPUBLICAN will com
prehenG the pr.oe when they think that
In tie tomato season single tomatoes
are often found that weigh pound and
over. An EN- inence along the centre of
this house is covered with potsed eera.
NUNS about ready for Toe market.
Beneath this bed Of geraHiums Is q
mushroom bed, now nearly exhausted,
bo. which bss been q Source OF i'm
meuse p.oft Gt;!rg the winter. Mr.
Hannah in formed US that he sent
his n shrOcuS 20 PI.la3elpbia also
and received 55 cents q pound whole
sale for them. A bed Of N ushrocus
continues in bearing about four months,
and Is very prolific.
House No. ., n which cucum bers
ard mushrooms we're raised and a
grapery Was begun, was benutifed
with Towering caicias and the varie'
gated coeas Cucumber viues ran
rapidly up tie wire trelis and from
them depended long English hot.housa
cCcun bere, that grow about 10 in ches
long, slim, ;euae- aad green. These
cucumbers are reiished By epicureans
in winter, aI.d bring "a a dozen by
wholesale n Philadelphia and New
York.
The third honse visited is the tropical
liant house. o: OIL! the houses this con-
taips toe beauty OF beauties Here are
the ncwer.LG begolia-rubra, Australian
tree ferns, the banana tree, eight inches
In diameter, caves four feet long, clus
ters OF bRnaras growing, wonderful
curiosity; Cate palms and fan palms.
A saao palm caps every thing for beau.
ty. 1t throwe oUc is plumaged leaves
four or five feet N extent from cone
like stem. The plant only sends out it,
plumaged leaves every two years, but
IN ii at year sends out two rows of them
1t is said 10 re the finest specimen OF
the kind IL tie country, there being
nothing in TIE Washington corserva-
tory TO equa. IL. Time and space will
not admit @! even moderately full de.
scriptiou OF the curosities OF this houee,
md st
delicate ferns, however. of the Farley.
ensie variety axe rare beauties.
This fo2r.n touae is mostly devotfd
to the growing Of Towers, though toma
toes have been raised in IL. Here coma
in the grea: families OF heliotropes
aweet scented gecanioms, with nod
ding .ed, Crimson, pink and white
heads; rose5, -oses, .oses, apparently IL
end 10 them, !i..e and bia, all colors
vieiug with eacE C:her ln bsauty, iron
the da. cling Jacque" to The modes
little Polyan.na.
TIE G!oriu d DIoo, from its loft.
height, where u tOl!Cws the apex of til,
roof. oentGnan:ly looked down il
naughty dlsda!n upon the pearl OF tn
Gardcn," the Mermet ard the Mai
Inaisen, the LaErance and the Homer
Along the sides are tables OF yer hsnas
sweet scented, modest and getirD 2
What would tie flower kingdom B.
without tho bright little vtr1enG
There are 500 p1ts of them in this Bin
gle bsd, Mc Eannam aays.
On to the fifth house. Here tora
beauties aIso neat the eye, but tn
q alternstherae lead the way. Colea
come Dex:. Here In the BeuDelt TOSS
that has bad the rose world by the eaI
the LAST two or three yeare. II is now
common rose dislutiDg with Lie Jacqu
for the supremacy.
The sixth house coatains the begonis
emllax, Gala, .an;ana and fuchi
families. Among the latter is tn
storm King, which Chlids Of Queen
N. Y, has made e fortune ont OF at 8
cants plant. M. Hannah has thet
tor Is ceDts.
Tbs seventh torse IL in habited by th
camelia, paHsy, azsles, yellow cytisu
ceneraria tam!.ies, and q gay, dashin
ret they are
The eighth aad ninth houses are d.
voted tt grape growing The princips
variety is the Back Amburn." RiI
fruit: hang IN large clusters ready IL
tne market Mr.. II sDnsm gent a cor
sigument Of them TO Philadelphia O
the 23i OF Mach, But has received I
returns FROM Them yet The same v;
riety Of grapts a. that time, howeye
brought So per pound il New York.
Mr.. Hannah, in answer to our II
quiry, sti,ed tina, he could not ha,
grapes the whole year around by IL
common hot hoCSe cuiture. 1t coul'
however, be done by O process carrie
into operation in Pierre Lorillerd
place, Jsrsey City. Mr. Lorll!ard DO
1t by means OF refcigsrators, into WIKI
tho v!ree arc placed at various stage
These vines can be kert in these refri